"Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Here's much to do with hate, but more with love."
Romeo much prefers hate over love at this point. He believes hate wouldn't be as painful as love.
Benvolio
scene i
lines 242-243
"By giving liberty unto thine eyes: Examine other beauties."
Benvolio feels he has to make himself more open. He doesn't want to focus on just one person.
Benvolio
scene ii
lines 52-53
"Take thou some new infection to thy eye, and the rank poison of the old will die."
Benvolio thinks two people should be together only if they make each other happy. Find somone to make you happy and the previous relationship will be forgotten.
Paris
scene ii
line 12
"Younger than she are happy mothers made."
Paris doesn't mind the thought of young marriage. He believes young wives would be great mothers.
Lord Capulet
scene ii
line 13
"And too soon marred are those so early made."
Capulet doens't want his youngest daughter, Juliet, to be married so young. He's very protective.
Lord Capulet
scene ii
lines 16-17
"But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; my will to her consent is but a part."
Capulet is supportive of his daughter. If she wants to get married, he will not stop it.
Juliet
scene iii
line 72
"It is an honor that I dream not of."
Juliet doesn't like the idea of marriage at all. Love seems too complicated and too much work for her.
Juliet
scene iii
lines 106-108
"I'll look to like, if looking liking move; but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly."
Juliet thinks love goes deeper than just looks. But if she doesn't like who she sees, she will not give it any more thought. She is acting very mature and determined about her views of love.
Lady Capulet
scene iii
lines 75-80
"Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you, here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers. By my account, I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid. Thus then in brief..." Conclusions: She believes young marriage is a good idea seeing as she went through it. She wants her daughter to be married at start a family. She doesn't really think deeply about her daughter's opinion of love.
By: Kaitlyn McQueen, Ashley Barsema, Jordan Gibson
scene i
lines 184-185
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lines 242-243
scene ii
lines 52-53
scene ii
line 12
scene ii
line 13
scene ii
lines 16-17
scene iii
line 72
scene iii
lines 106-108
scene iii
lines 75-80
By: Kaitlyn McQueen, Ashley Barsema, Jordan Gibson